Brussels vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	91	69
🏙️ Population	196K	9.37M

The cost of living in Brussels is 215% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1913th and 7469th ($2028 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 101st in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 165th and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Hefei

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	Brussels	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$9056

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663